A/HRC/4/95 page 18 65. The office facilitated the participation of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, in activities to commemorate Human Rights Day in December. The Special Representative participated in a panel discussion on Human Rights and Poverty organized by the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee. She addressed a large gathering at Phnom Penh’s Olympic stadium, organized by around 90 organizations. She visited the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre and met with its staff. She subsequently met with a range of NGOs and groups working on human rights, and legal and development issues to explain her mandate and to share her experiences. She also met with representatives of the United Nations Country Team, bilateral donors, the diplomatic community and members of the press. 66. As part of a programme to publish new translations in Khmer of the core human rights treaties, the office jointly published with UNICEF a revised translation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and coordinated with UNIFEM in publishing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The office’s publication of a revised translation of the International Bill of Human Rights was reprinted. The office issued and distributed new publications of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the Principles to establish National Institutions in Khmer and English. 67. The office continued to distribute throughout Cambodia the fourth edition of the Compilation of Laws in Khmer, which it published in September 2005. Demand for the Compilation has remained strong, as obtaining the text of laws still continues to be difficult. The Compilation is now also available on the office’s website, which will be maintained and upgraded so as to allow for easy updates and additions as new legislation is adopted. The office will soon provide the contents of the Compilation in CD-ROM format in order to make it more user-friendly and readily available to practitioners and a wider academic audience. 68. The office website was maintained and regularly updated. It contains all public materials in English and in Khmer that the office and the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia have produced, as well as materials of special rapporteurs and United Nations and treaty-body documents and resolutions relevant to Cambodia. 69. The office continued to translate into Khmer and distribute publications, laws and information materials to the government ministries, the general public, NGOs, students and government officials. 70. Office staff regularly participated in seminars and workshops, often acting as resource persons. These included training seminars for NGOs on using and understanding international human rights protection mechanisms, a two-day course in human rights to a group of students at the National Gendarme School in Kambol, and a briefing session with the Senate Human Rights Commission, focusing on the role of Parliament in the promotion and protection of human rights. Regional office staff participated in several workshops and seminars on human rights and land and livelihood issues, organized by NGOs and provincial authorities, and helped to organize an event in Battambang town on Human Rights Day, under the theme Human Rights and Poverty. The office also issued an information note on Human Rights Day on “Human rights and poverty”.

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